LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 16: Marvin Sapp attends BET’s Celebration of Gospel at the Orpheum Theatre on March 16, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN – JANUARY 13: Dottie Peoples and Marvin Sapp Attends the 13th Annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon at Rocketown on January 13, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BMI)
NASHVILLE, TN – JANUARY 14: Dorinda Clark Cole, Kirk Franklin, and Marvin Sapp perform at the 27th Annual Stellar Awards at Grand Ole Opry House on January 14, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Stellar Awards)
NASHVILLE, TN – JANUARY 14: Akintunde and Marvin Sapp during the 27th Annual Stellar Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House on January 14, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Stellar Awards)
NASHVILLE, TN – JANUARY 13: DJ Rogers, Honoree Hezekiah Walker, Marvin Sapp, and BMI’s Wardell Malloy attend the 13th Annual BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon at Rocketown on January 13, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for BMI)
NASHVILLE, TN – JANUARY 15: Members of the All-Star Choir, Marvin Sapp and Donnie McClurkin sing ‘Are You Listening: A Love Song for Haiti’ at the 26th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards at The Grand Ole Opry on January 15, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 16: Recording artist Marvin Sapp performs during BET’s Celebration of Gospel at the Orpheum Theatre on March 16, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – AUGUST 13: Singer Marvin Sapp arrives at the ninth annual Ford Hoodie Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center August 13, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Hoodie Awards)
LAS VEGAS, NV – AUGUST 13: Singer Marvin Sapp speaks onstage during the ninth annual Ford Hoodie Awards at the Mandalay Bay Events Center August 13, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Hoodie Awards)
NASHVILLE, TN – JANUARY 14: Dorina Clark Cole and Marvin Sappp host the 27th Annual Stellar Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House on January 14, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Stellar Awards)
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From Clutch Magazine: Celebrities’ personal lives are judged harshly by the public, gospel stars even more so. So the idea of reality television featuring gospel singers is a hard pill to swallow. Pastor and gospel singer Marvin Sapp seems ready for the challenge.
He has signed on to star in a reality show currently titled: “Marvin Sapp: Single Dad.” The show, which will film his life raising his three children (Marvin “ML” Sapp II, MiKaila, and Madisson) as a widowed father (he lost his wife of 20 years, MaLinda, to colon cancer) and pastoring his famous church.
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